Incorporating occupant behavior in Energy Simulation

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Thanks for the reply, Dr. Wetter. I went through the enclosed materials and could understand the time integration mechanism being followed in BCVTB/FMU. I am still wondering about one point. If a user selects a new behavioral option for a time step (for e.g., heater ON), then the other behavioral opportunities (e.g., thermostat set point) would be taking the default schedule values for that time step right?. In other words, if the user decides to change the thermostat set point three times a day, then in all other time steps, the thermostat set point will take the default value?

I don't understand what you mean by " if the user decides to change the thermostat set point three times a day, then in all other time steps, the thermostat set point will take the default value?". This depends on the model that generates the set point signal. E.g., if the set point is changed, will the model apply the change only for one time step (which would be unfortunate as then the results depend on the time step length) or does it stay at this value until it is changed again.

Thanks. Probably, I should have asked the question in a different way. What I intended to ask was exactly like the last part of your comment, i.e., Does the thermostat set point stay at the new value, until it is changed again. Also, if this is true, does the heater ON/Fan ON action also happen in similar way? Once made as ON, will the heater remain ON until it is turned off, or whether the ON action will be there only for that particular time step? Thanks in advance for all your replies and help.